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Icandelo 2: U-Erasmus Utyhilwa njengoMfana osoloko ebuza

NguMartin Luther

Esi siqendu sisekelwe kuguqulelo olwenziwa ngowe-1823 nguEdward Thomas Vaughan. Ulwimi luye lwanamhlanjeziswa ngoncedo lweCoPilot AI, kunye notshintsho olongezelelweyo kunye nokuqinisekiswa kokugqibela kwabantu abahleli be Thirdmill.

Masithethe ngenyathelo lakho – hayi nje kuphela malunga nenkululeko yokukhetha, kodwa malunga nengcwele yenkolo njengonke – apho uthi ukuba igunya elipheleleyo leSibhalo kunye nemigaqo yeKhotho ayikho, uya kuthi ngumSkeptiki ngenjongo yokuba udikibaliswe y amazwi.

La mazwi – “igunya elipheleleyo kunye nemigaqo yeKhotho” – ayac滑alisa. Ubonakala uhlonela iSibhalo neKhotho, kodwa ubonisa ukuba uthanda ukuba nenkululeko yokwamkela umSkeptiki. Yeyiphi iKhristu ithi njalo? Ukuba ubhekisa kimidicine ezingabalulekanga, ke ngokuqinisekileyo, abantu abaninzi banqwenela ukuba nenkululeko yokubuza. Ayonto intsha le.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, uninzi lwabantu abakholwayo bayasebenzisa loo nkukuleko xa be lahla inqondo yezinto ezingabalulekanga. Ngaphandle kokuba, njengokuba amazwi akho ebonisa, ucinga ukuba abantu abakholwayo banamathela kwimidicine engabalulekanga baze baxabane ngayo. Kodwa ukuba ubhekisa kwimidicine ebalulekileyo, ke ukuthi ungathanda ukuba nenkululeko yokungathi – loo nto iyabuhlungu. Umkholwayo wokwenene uyakuthi, “Hayi nje kuphela ukuba umSkeptiki, ndizama ukuma ngokuqinileyo kwilizwi likaThixo, ndithi oko ilifundisa – kwaye nakwizinto ezingabalulekanga, ndizama ukuzithemba. Yintoni le ingeyiyo ingxaki kunayo ukungaqiniseki?”

Kwaza uthi, “Ndiyazithoba ibezo zigwebo zonke, nokuba ndiwazi okanye hayi.” Ngawena, Erasmus? Asikho kwanele ukuthoba kwiSibhalo? Kufuneka nawe uthobe imigaqo yeKhotho? Uthi nawe iKhotho ingayala into le isingafundiswanga kwiSibhalo? Ukuba kunjalo, ikhona inkululeko yokugweba imidicine, njengoko uPaul angenza ngayo ku 1 Corinthians 14:29? Ubonakala uchasa ingcamango yokugweba imigaqo yeKhotho, kodwa uPaul uyagcina oko.

Esi ntloni yakho intsha—ngokuthobela ngokuphindaphindi kwigunya lomntu—isikhupha ilungelo lokuvavanya inkolo. Iphi iNkosi ekhoyo esithi yenza njalo? Kwaye yeyiphi na iKhristu iya kuthi, “Ndiyathobela, nokuba ndingayiqondi”? Uprofesa iinkolelo ngaphandle kokuzibamba. Kodwa iNkosi ithuka abo bangayiqondiyo into abayikholelwayo. Ingaba umntu angakholelwa ngokwenene ngaphandle kokuqonda?

Ubona kuthi ukholo alufuni ukuqiniseka. Kodwa ukuba “ukubamba” kuthetha ukubamba ngokupheleleyo into, ngoko ukuqonda kancinci akwaneleyo. Awukwazi ukuthi uyayiqonda inxenye enye kaThixo ngaphandle kokuqonda yena yonke. Kufuneka siqonde uThixo kuqala phambi kokuba siqonde enye into ekuhlangeneyo.

Ekugqibeleni, amazwi akho abonisa ukuba ukholo alubalulekanga—njongo kuphela ukugcina uxolo. Xa udumo, ukhuseleko, okanye ubutyebi bufakanyelwa engozini, ubona kuthi ukuvuma oko abanye bathi: “Bathi, nathi; bathi hayi, nathi hayi.” Uthoba inkolo yobuKristu kwinto nje yokufikisa ifelsefu, engenawo umfuneko wokuzikhusela kuba yiyo kuphela ebangela iingxabano. Uzibonisa njengo mfazi onesisa uxolo owafuna ukuthulisa zombini iintanda, ubonisa ukuba silwela intoyengenangqondo. Yiyo lento yokwenene emva kwamazwi akho, Erasmus—kwaye ndiyakrokha uziwa ntoni na anditsho.

Noko, ndiyakuvumela amazwi akho ahambeke ngoku, uma ungawathethi kwakhona. Kodwa lumka uMoya kaThixo, obona kude ngamagama akhulu kwaye avavanya intliziyo. Ndiyale ukuze kukukhuthaza ukuba ungatshaji ukuba sikhokhe kakhulu okanye sithi kakhulu. Indlela yakho ibonisa ukuba uhlala kude nomoya kaLucian okanye abafana noEpicurus abangakholelwa kuThixo nokuhleka abo bakholelwa. Masiyithande, ishushu inyameko yenyaniso, kwaye singayihlazisi. Ungakhetha abafana bakho abaSkeptics kunye nabaGqirha—de uKrestu akufowunele kwinto enkulu.

UMoya oyiNkosi akayena Skeptic. Akazanga abhale iimbono ezingacacanga ezintliziyweni zethu, kodwa iinyaniso ezizinzileyo, ezizinzileyo kunayo yonke into esiyifumeneyo.

Nokwazo olwahlukileyo. Uthi ezinye iingcamango zeKristu zibalulekile, ezinye azibalulekanga; ezinye zifihliwe, ezinye zityhilwe. Ngaba uphindaphinda oko abanye bakusho, okanye uzama ukubonisa ubuchule bakho? Ucacisa amazwi kaPaul —Romans 11:33) — noIsaya —Isaiah 40:13).

Kulula ukusho oku xa ubhala uluntu jikelele, hayi ngqo kuLuther. Kodwa ngethemba lokuba usakwazi ukumnika uLuther ukuqonda okuthile kweSibhalo. Ukuba akunjalo, ndiya kuqinisekisa ukuba uyenzile.

Mvumele ndinike umahluko: uThixo kunye nelizwi likaThixo elibhaliweyo azifani — kanye njengokuba uMdali neyilo lakhe zahlukile. Ewe, zininzi izinto ezifihliweyo kuThixo. Uyazisho Naye: Matthew 24:36), Acts 1:7), John 13:18), no 2 Timothy 2:19).

Kodwa abaphilosoferi abambalwa — noyou niphindaphinda apha — bathi iSibhalo ngokwaso sineengcamango ezifihliweyo. Abazange bayiqinisekise le nto. Akakaze abonise umzekelo omnye ukuxhasa inkozo yakhe. Noko koko, le ngcamango ikhothamele abantu ukufunda iSibhalo yenza kube kubonakala kungenamsebenzi — ukuze iindaba zobuxoki zikaSathana zingene ezingcamango zeKhothe.